Jennifer Fitzgerald
Oliver and Alexander Kent Braham
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Jennifer Fitzgerald
CEO and co-founder of Policygenius
Jennifer Fitzgerald founded Policygenius following a stint in the Peace Corps in Honduras , followed by a career in consultancy at McKinsey & Company . Fitzgerald , who was named Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year New York 2019 , worked with top financial services companies , national insurers and wealth managers on marketing and strategy . She recognised the gap between insurance providers and online customers . From there , Policygenius was born .
“ We discovered there was a big disconnect between traditional insurance and digital consumers .”
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Oliver and Alexander Kent Braham
Founders of Marshmallow
The identical twin brothers , along with fellow founder , David Goate , set up the insurtech that provides comprehensive services and products to expats and immigrants newly arrived in the UK . Marshmallow grew by an astonishing 3000 % in 2019 .
Alexander Kent Braham says , “ This sort of growth isn ’ t just rare in insurance – but across the whole tech space , where getting to US $ 10mn in two years is classified as very good – something we did in seven months .”
104 July 2021